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Remember when: Jan. 7, 2018

Ann Horn, Special to Kitsap Sun
Published 10:00 a.m. PT Jan. 6, 2018

Located on Warren Avenue in Bremerton, the iconic South Court Apartments were built by the United States Housing Corporation during World War I. To provide accommodations for war workers, the government agency constructed several hundred houses, a hotel and the apartment building. After the war, 213 of the government-owned dwellings were sold at bargain prices. South Court, built at an estimated cost of $280,000, was sold to Seattle investors for $150,000. The sales caused a severe lull in the local real estate market which, years later, led to an initial reluctance to welcome more federal housing projects as part of the World War II buildup. To see more photos from the Kitsap County Historical Society Museum archives, visit www.facebook.com/kitsaphistory or stop by the museum at 280 Fourth St. in Bremerton. Call 360-479-6226 for information.(Photo: Contributed photo / Kitsap Historical Society Museum)

In 1943 (75 years ago)

• Stephen L. Kerr, candidate for state senate in the Nov. 3 election, has filed a writ of mandamus suit to force the county election board to canvass ballots cast for him and force a certificate of election.

The suit, seeking the court to compel action by a government official or body, was filed in Kitsap County Superior Court yesterday afternoon.

Kerr, a Bremerton automobile dealer, was a sticker candidate for the post in the Nov. 3 election. Such a candidate is similar to a write-in candidate.

The court action was filed against Charles Klinefelter, chairman of the canvassing board, and members Prosecuting Attorney Fred Coben and County Auditor Wendell Vas.

Kerr claims that he served written notice and also made a personal demand that the board canvass votes for him and asked for issuance of a certificate of election.

He claims that the board refused to do so, but met on Dec. 4 to declare a vacancy for the office of state senator, and appointed Klinefelter, retiring chairman of the board of county commissioners and state representative-elect.

Democratic officials have claimed that the office was not vacant at the time of the general election because the resignation was not yet accepted.

In 1968 (50 years ago)

• WINSLOW — The superferry Kaleetan was not super enough Monday to get all its business taken care of on its first morning rush-hour run.

Fifteen cars had to be left behind at Winslow at 7:15 a.m. The ferry was filled to capacity with cars on the trip to Seattle.

In 1993 (25 years ago)

• CHIMACUM – A Jefferson County school teacher suspended for intimidating a student is fighting back. And a group of parents who say they believe in upholding old-fashioned teacher authority is supporting him.

Chimacum schoolteacher Don Wilson has filed an action in Jefferson County Superior Court requesting a hearing on his 30-day suspension.

The hearing is set for Friday.

The sixth-grade teacher was suspended Nov. 23 as a result of a verbal altercation with the student on Nov. 8.

The school district denied Wilson's request for hearing on the accusation.

In 2008 (10 years ago)

• PORT ORCHARD – In an era when kindergartners carry cell phones, it's hard to turn technology-savvy youngsters onto a hobby some children may consider archaic – if they've even heard of it.

“With the Internet and cell phones, some of the attraction to amateur radio is gone,” said Silverdale resident Jim Kendall, a member of the South Kitsap Amateur Radio Club. “But when a major disaster strikes and the power is out, guess what? Cell phones don't work.”

But hand radios do.

Kendall and his fellow amateur radio enthusiasts — affectionately called “hams” — did their best Sunday to teach children about their love for the hobby.